"A day after voters decided to make Denton the first city in Texas to ban hydraulic fracturing, the reaction by the energy industry and government was swift.

By 9:09 a.m. Wednesday, both the Texas Oil and Gas Association and the Texas General Land Office had filed lawsuits to prevent the city from enacting the ordinance in 30 days. And politicians in Austin are already drawing up legislation to make such bans illegal.

Denton has now joined the ranks of towns like Longmont, Colo., and Dryden, N.Y., which have fought to stop the decadelong U.S. shale drilling boom from entering their communities."

James Osborne and Marissa Barnett report for the Dallas Morning News November 5, 2014. [2]